Supply chain management and business analytics

PRESENTATION

Research activities are focused on analyzing data collected from a variety of sources and decision making informed by data analysis and supported by optimization techniques, with the aim of enabling enterprises and organizations to improve their service levels and operational efficiency, in particular in the context of supply chain and logistics management.

SCM is a major field of application of such analytical methods, and these areas are frequently associated in the so-called “industrial engineering” departments of many foreign universities. At HEC Liège, they form an essential component of our “business engineering” curricula and are closely linked due to the scientific profiles of the people in place.

The research activities in these fields focus on the following application areas:

RESEARCH CENTER

Research activities in the fields of SCM and BA are mostly based in the research center QuantOM (Quantitative methods and Operations Management). QuantOM is the association of several researchers under a common label to stimulate and promote research conducted at HEC Liège (or more broadly, within the ULg) in the fields of quantitative methods and of their applications in SCM and other areas of management and economics.